Rookery

A Great Egret flies over the rookery area at Murphy Park on Friday, March 6, 2026. More egrets are beginning to find nesting sites on the island, but cormorants still are the primary residents, for now. Photo by Andy Sharp

A Great Egret flies over the rookery area at Murphy Park on Friday, March 6, 2026. More egrets are beginning to find nesting sites on the island, but cormorants still are the primary residents, for now. Photo by Andy Sharp

Birds return to Taylor rookery

Andy Sharp
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
More egrets are beginning to find nesting sites on the island at Murphy Park in Taylor, but cormorants still are the primary residents, for now.Photo by Andy Sharp 
Large numbers of egrets gather around the rookery at Murphy Park on Thursday evening, September 5, 2024. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Large numbers of egrets gather around the rookery at Murphy Park on Thursday evening, September 5, 2024. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Photos: Flock prepares to leave as summer ends

Andy Sharp
Friday, September 20, 2024
As summer nears its conclusion, the egrets making their home at the rookery in Taylor’s Murphy Park will soon move on. These migratory birds arrive here each spring to add to their families, usually leaving by late-September, or early-October.
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